Laurel Park hosts one of Maryland’s best race days of year Saturday, June 27, highlighted by the track’s premier summer sprint race, the $175,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes. The De Francis Dash going six furlongs on the main track headlines an 11-race card featuring four stakes races at Laurel that also includes the $125,000 Japan Racing Association Turf Cup, the $125,000 Deputed Testamony Stakes, and the $125,000 Alma North Stakes.